Saint-Paul-de-Mausole monastery

E272534

Romanesque monastery former monastery psychiatric asylum tourist attraction

Saint-Paul-de-Mausole monastery is a former Romanesque monastery in southern France best known as the psychiatric asylum where Vincent van Gogh stayed and created many of his famous paintings.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Disambiguation Statements Elicitation Referenced by

All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Saint-Paul-de-Mausole monastery canonical	2
Saint-Paul-de-Mausole chapel	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2501106 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Saint-Paul-de-Mausole monastery
Context triple: [Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, hasLandmark, Saint-Paul-de-Mausole monastery]

A. Cimiez Monastery
Cimiez Monastery is a historic Franciscan complex in the Cimiez district of Nice, France, known for its church, cloister, art-filled museum, and adjoining cemetery where notable local figures are buried.
B. Paray-le-Monial Basilica
Paray-le-Monial Basilica is a renowned Romanesque church in eastern France, famous as a major Catholic pilgrimage site associated with the devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
C. Basilica of Saint Martin
The Basilica of Saint Martin is a prominent Roman Catholic church in Tours, France, built to honor Saint Martin of Tours and serving as an important site of Christian pilgrimage and heritage.
D. Tournus Abbey
Tournus Abbey is a former Benedictine monastery in eastern France renowned for its well-preserved Romanesque church and monastic buildings.
E. Monastery of the Temptation
The Monastery of the Temptation is a Greek Orthodox cliffside monastery near Jericho, traditionally believed to mark the site where Jesus was tempted by the devil after his baptism.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Saint-Paul-de-Mausole monastery
Target entity description: Saint-Paul-de-Mausole monastery is a former Romanesque monastery in southern France best known as the psychiatric asylum where Vincent van Gogh stayed and created many of his famous paintings.

A. Cimiez Monastery
Cimiez Monastery is a historic Franciscan complex in the Cimiez district of Nice, France, known for its church, cloister, art-filled museum, and adjoining cemetery where notable local figures are buried.
B. Paray-le-Monial Basilica
Paray-le-Monial Basilica is a renowned Romanesque church in eastern France, famous as a major Catholic pilgrimage site associated with the devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
C. Basilica of Saint Martin
The Basilica of Saint Martin is a prominent Roman Catholic church in Tours, France, built to honor Saint Martin of Tours and serving as an important site of Christian pilgrimage and heritage.
D. Tournus Abbey
Tournus Abbey is a former Benedictine monastery in eastern France renowned for its well-preserved Romanesque church and monastic buildings.
E. Monastery of the Temptation
The Monastery of the Temptation is a Greek Orthodox cliffside monastery near Jericho, traditionally believed to mark the site where Jesus was tempted by the devil after his baptism.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Romanesque monastery ⓘ former monastery ⓘ psychiatric asylum ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Romanesque architecture ⓘ
category	Buildings and structures in Bouches-du-Rhône ⓘ Former Christian monasteries in France ⓘ Monasteries in Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur ⓘ Vincent van Gogh locations ⓘ
country	France ⓘ
dedicatedTo	Saint Paul ⓘ
foundedInCentury	11th century ⓘ 12th century ⓘ
hasChapel	Saint-Paul-de-Mausole chapel ⓘ linked to: Saint-Paul-de-Mausole monastery
hasCloister	Saint-Paul-de-Mausole cloister ⓘ
hasExhibition	exhibitions of contemporary art ⓘ permanent exhibition on Vincent van Gogh ⓘ
hasFeature	Romanesque church ⓘ Romanesque cloister ⓘ gardens ⓘ olive groves ⓘ
hasFunction	museum ⓘ pilgrimage site ⓘ psychiatric hospital ⓘ sanatorium ⓘ
hasReconstruction	recreated van Gogh bedroom cell ⓘ
heritageStatus	protected historic monument (Monument historique) of France ⓘ
inspiredWorkOf	Irises ⓘ Olive Trees series ⓘ The Garden of the Asylum ⓘ The Starry Night ⓘ The Wheat Field series ⓘ linked to: Wheatfield with Cypresses
locatedIn	Saint-Rémy-de-Provence ⓘ southern France ⓘ linked to: Southern France
locatedInDepartment	Bouches-du-Rhône ⓘ
locatedInRegion	Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur ⓘ
near	Alpilles mountains ⓘ Roman site of Glanum ⓘ linked to: Glanum archaeological site
notableFor	being the asylum where Vincent van Gogh was treated ⓘ being the place where Vincent van Gogh painted many works ⓘ
notableResident	Vincent van Gogh ⓘ
openToPublic	yes ⓘ
operatedBy	private foundation ⓘ
religiousAffiliation	Roman Catholic Church ⓘ linked to: Roman Catholicism
religiousOrder	Augustinian Canons ⓘ linked to: Canons Regular of Saint Augustine
usedAs	psychiatric asylum for Vincent van Gogh ⓘ
vanGoghStayEnd	May 1890 ⓘ
vanGoghStayStart	May 1889 ⓘ